Nov 17, 2015 · Byrd was convicted in August of kidnapping and assault by a Tarrant County jury, and recently sentenced to 50 years in a Texas prison after completing a term in a federal …

Nov 16, 2015 · Authorities call James Byrd a kingpin in the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. Prosecutors described the gang-related markings on his body: "He has three ABT “patches,” …

Byrd, an Outside Major within the Brotherhood (the highest-held position outside of prison) was to be paroled from federal prison in November 2013. He was a multiple-time felon and …

According to the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is one of the largest and most violent neo-Nazi white supremacist prison …

Nov 17, 2015 · Byrd, who has Aryan Brotherhood tattoos on his eyelids, was on supervised release from prison in 2013 and early 2014 when he ordered underlings to kidnap a …

Apr 4, 2013 · From its beginning, the ABT emerged as one of the most violent gangs in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, committing 13 murders in 1984-1985 alone. The ABT is a …

Mar 2, 2017 · While in prison, Stikeleather became a member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT). The ABT is a white-supremacist gang operating both inside and outside of the prison …

Nov 9, 2012 · Thirty-four alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang (ABT), including four of its most senior leaders, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for …

Nov 14, 2015 · Byrd, 45, is in prison now, convicted in Tarrant County of directing the activities of a street gang, also known as the kingpin statute.

Nov 17, 2015 · James Byrd, 45, one of the Lone Star State’s most notorious gang leaders as the boss of the Aryan Brotherhood, was sentenced to 50 “very hard years” confined to his cell for …